The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation / ed. by Paolo Galizzi, Alena Herklotz.
Couton, Adrien, contributor.; Crudgington, Elisabeth, contributor.; Daily, Gretchen C., contributor.; D'Souza, Marcella, contributor.; Ecochard, Jean-Louis, contributor.; Fach, Estelle, contributor.; Fenrich, Jeanmarie, contributor.; Galizzi, Paolo, contributor.; Galizzi, Paolo, editor.; Grant, Joy, contributor.; Halverson, Elspeth, contributor.; Herklotz, Alena, contributor.; Herklotz, Alena, editor.; Kareiva, Peter, contributor.; Kjørven, Olav, contributor.; Maxwell, Annie, contributor.; McCormick, Steve, contributor.; McNeely, Jeffrey A., contributor.; McNeill, Charles I., contributor.; McShane, Joseph M., contributor.; Mehers, Gillian Martin, contributor.; Ng, Helen, contributor.; Pearce, David, contributor.; Ricketts, Taylor, contributor.; Scherr, Sara, contributor.; Shames, Seth, contributor.; Singh, Naresh, contributor.; Tallis, Heather, contributor.; Thompson, Sacha, contributor.; Wheeler, Keith, contributor.; Whelan, Tensie, contributor.; Zaidman, Yasmina, contributor.
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Title The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation / ed. by Paolo Galizzi, Alena Herklotz.
ISBN 9780823293186
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293186
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
Copyright ©2009
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (224 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823293186 doi
Summary The new millennium raised hopes for a better future for humanity through a new spirit of international cooperation. Participants at the United Nations Millennium Summit agreed on an ambitious agenda for international cooperation that singled out, among other issues, environmental protection and development as key objectives. The increasing degradation of our planet continues to emphasize the need to conserve and preserve natural resources. Yet with more than half of the global population still living on $2 dollars a day or less, there is also a glaring need for development initiatives to combat poverty. This book draws on contributions to the People and the Environment lecture series at Fordham University, organized in partnership with the United Nations Development Program Equator Initiative and The Nature Conservancy. The essays offer a wealth of fresh perspectives and strategies to promote both environmental conservation and poverty eradication. Reflecting a range of disciplines, issues, and settings, they cover four interrelated topics: the link between poverty reduction and the environment and encouraging integration of environmental management and development; environmental disasters, their impact on poor people and ways to prevent and mitigate their consequences; conservation knowledge and the role of information and education in sustainable development; and legal empowerment of the poor. Each part offers an overview of the theme and introduces the perspectives of leading experts and scholars-from the lessons of Katrina and the Tsunami to model agricultural policies for sustaining the environment while strengthening local economies. Demonstrating the roles the environment can and should play in poverty alleviation, the essays deepen our understanding of the some of the world's most difficult challenges-and provide a toolkit of ideas and techniques for addressing them.
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Added Author Couton, Adrien, contributor.
Crudgington, Elisabeth, contributor.
Daily, Gretchen C., contributor.
D'Souza, Marcella, contributor.
Ecochard, Jean-Louis, contributor.
Fach, Estelle, contributor.
Fenrich, Jeanmarie, contributor.
Galizzi, Paolo, contributor.
Galizzi, Paolo, editor.
Grant, Joy, contributor.
Halverson, Elspeth, contributor.
Herklotz, Alena, contributor.
Herklotz, Alena, editor.
Kareiva, Peter, contributor.
Kjørven, Olav, contributor.
Maxwell, Annie, contributor.
McCormick, Steve, contributor.
McNeely, Jeffrey A., contributor.
McNeill, Charles I., contributor.
McShane, Joseph M., contributor.
Mehers, Gillian Martin, contributor.
Ng, Helen, contributor.
Pearce, David, contributor.
Ricketts, Taylor, contributor.
Scherr, Sara, contributor.
Shames, Seth, contributor.
Singh, Naresh, contributor.
Tallis, Heather, contributor.
Thompson, Sacha, contributor.
Wheeler, Keith, contributor.
Whelan, Tensie, contributor.
Zaidman, Yasmina, contributor.
Series People and the Environment
In Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780823228034
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART I POVERTY REDUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT OPPOSING GOALS
1 Advancing a New Paradigm: Institutional and Policy Breakthroughs Toward Poverty Reduction and Sound Environmental Management
2 Managing Environmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction: A Review
3 Ecoagriculture Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, and Poverty Reduction at a Landscape Scale
4 Conserving Biodiversity and Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods: Sustainable Production and Consumption in Global Supply Chains
5 Restoring Ecosystems and Renewing Lives: The Story of Mhaswandi, a Once-Poor Village in India
Part II INVESTING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS
6 The International Disaster Risk Reduction Regime: Escaping the Cycle of Poverty and Tragedy
7 Unanticipated Consequences of the Tsunami Response
8 Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
PART II I KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MEET POVERTY-ALLEVIATION GOALS
9 Knowledge Necessary to Meet Poverty-Alleviation Goals
10 Conservation Information
11 Building Enterprises to Reach Low-Income Markets
12 Including Natural Capital in Environmental Decision Making
PART IV LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR
13 The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
14 Opportunities in Environmental Stewardship: Climate Change and Legal Empowerment of the Rural Poor
CONCLUSION
INDEX

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